Many articles about diabetes appear daily, many of them very interesting. The intent here is to make some of these available for others who may not see them or have bypassed them. I will try to comment briefly on those I have grouped or on an individual article. This is not guaranteed to be a daily post, but I hope that this will give you ideas for your own research or blog posts. Please talk to your doctor about medical problems.

16 October 2010

The New England Journal of Medicine

I don't know if it is me, but I find this very disturbing. When a respected journal of medicine decides to weigh in on a political issue, I have to wonder what is happening and what future messages are going to be. Is this a prelude to a political positioning of medical issues.

While this is dated October 6, 2010, it appears to be almost an appeal for letting the ACA (Affordable Care Act) to continue and not be blocked, repealed, or otherwise crippled.

I am very suspicious of a medical journal (NEMJ) that covers political issues. I hope I am wrong, but I will reserve my right to continue to criticize the NEMJ for becoming involved in political issues. While the ACA is possibly our medical future, a reporting forum does not seem appropriate for this message.

About Me

I am enjoying life, despite diabetes type 2. I am retired and enjoying the time I have for writing and photography. I was diagnosed with type 2 on Oct 2003, on oral meds for 4 months and they were doing nothing to really improve my daily readings. By cutting my carbohydrates I received the most improvement, but still not enough. Then I requested insulin, even though I did not like the thought of needles. That brought about the biggest change and A1c's in the lower 6's and upper 5's. Now I am working at maintaining them under 6.0 and hopefully nearer 5.5.